Orson Welles’ radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” is the most famous broadcast of all time. This broadcast phenomenon made the 23-year-old impresario a household name and eventually sent Welles and his Mercury Players to Hollywood. Radio programs are interrupted by reports of a Martian invasion of New Jersey. Alien war machines quickly conquer the Earth, but one survivor retains hope for the future of mankind in the most famous radio broadcast of all time. Broadcast 10-30-38.